X-Wing Rocketry

[Correction]

http://www.polecataerospace.com/X-Wing.htm

http://i21.tinypic.com/2elrsie.jpg

Launch date is this friday. Should be spectacular, success or not. Their launch event is in the middle of nowhere near the Cali/Mexico border if anybody lives near there (east of San Diego).

[skurlover]

Totally didn't expect the "engineers" to look like them.

[CMMeast]

http://www.polecataerospace.com/X-Wing.htm

http://i21.tinypic.com/2elrsie.jpg

Launch date is this friday. Should be spectacular, success or not. Their launch event is in the middle of nowhere near the Cali/Mexico border if anybody lives near there (east of San Diego).

No one lives in Plaster City except illegals.

[Brien]

Totally didn't expect the "engineers" to look like them.

rofl same

[Stolin]

I'd be the test pilot in that thing-I don't care how unsafe it is. Dream come true ; ;

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

Haha, that's pretty badass.

[Insanecyclone]

Now off to the local park for some pictures. We didn't attract any attention on the road. None at all.....

[Skyylya]

is someone actually gonna get inside that thing, or is it gonna be totally remote controlled? It doesn't say anything in that article about the launch.

Also, it looks badass as all hell, but it's made of wood planks and glued together, how do they really expect it to hold together under the thrust of a rocket engine. It's more likely to get torn apart under the force of the engine.

In any case, I hope it does fly, that'd be cool as hell. follow with this and post the article of after the launch.

[Skyylya]

I know everyone is engaged in the adv forums lulz,

But here are some also amazing lulz, I called it!

http://break.com/index/x-wing-model-launch-fails.html

[Bartylby]

lol @ the announcer, "O shi-" as it cuts away to slowmotion

[Bloodanaki]

I love how most of the people still continued to cheer after it broke apart.
How long until someone cuts in the 'Imperial March' Theme to that video.

[kuronosan]

Quick. Someone cut in with Anakin's NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO at the end when it breaks apart.

[aru]

awe... it just broke apart. i was expecting it to do a nose plant and have the rockets shoot off in random directions after the crash.

[Correction]

Physics wins again. They should at least have put more stabilization on it beyond those wooden wings :D

[Venture]

That was full of win, even when it broke apart.

[SephYuyX]

Physics wins again. They should at least have put more stabilization on it beyond those wooden wings :D

Yeah, looking at the pics, the wings just seemed to be barely on there, other than that, it woulda been nifty.

[Groovebox]

Wow, you'd think someone would have mentioned something about it being made out of wood.... and, you know... rockets.

[Ganzar]

That's what they get for trying to take off with the S-Foils locked open instead of closed.

[Viena]

Sorry, for bumping this, but I thought that people should know what really happened:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8d_1192187599

[Skyylya]

Sorry, for bumping this, but I thought that people should know what really happened:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8d_1192187599

lol, that's forgiving of a necro bump